Farmers Movement Archive

AAP too holds dharna against farm laws

Ludhiana: The district unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) under the leadership of Jagraon MLA Sarabjit Kaur Manuke participated in a district-level dharna on Monday in response to the call given by farmers against the central agricultural laws enacted by the Modi government. She was accompanied by Suresh Goyal and other local leaders of the party. Sarabjit on the occasion said that AAP had been opposing these laws as they were designed to ‘encroach’ upon the legitimate rights of the farmers. She said that everyone, from volunteers to leaders, had been participating in the ongoing peasant struggle. The leader further said that the movement was not confined to agriculture sector or farming, it was a decisive struggle to safeguard the economic interests of every class and category. She said that if the interests of the farmers were not protected they won’t be able to save the interests of other sections of society associated with agriculture and it was imperative upon us to protect it. ‘Cursing’ chief minister Amarinder Singh and the Badal clan, the AAP leader said, “If these so-called ‘messiahs’ of the farmers had taken a clear stand against these black laws from day one, then Modi government would not have dared bring these laws. Sarabjit further said that all MLAs, MPs, seniors and local leaders and a large number of activists of the party, including Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab state unit Bhagwant Mann, were on hunger strike on Monday in support of the farmers’ call.

The Times of India

2020-12-15

Ludhiana